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10:40 PM | Monday 28 December 2020
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Musimane, Al-Ahly coach, in the press conference
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South African coach Pitso Musimani, coach of Al-Ahly club, praised the victory at the expense of Al-Ittihad of Alexandria in a quadruple, Monday evening, in the third round of the Egyptian Premier League, and he also responded to the statements of Ibrahim Hassan, director of football with the leader of the gap, Musimani said in the press conference : “We faced a very difficult team, especially the first half. They played respectfully and we expected that, and they have a great and enthusiastic technical manager and his personality is very strong and knows to lead the team forward.” The high intensity match becomes like a storm and is ready at any time.
Musimane: Al Ittihad is a good team and they need experience
He explained: “Al-Ittihad is a team that plays very good and fast in transformations. It is not the first time we have faced them, and we met them in the cup, knowing that they are a strong team. Of their danger ».
Musimani continued: “We controlled the match intelligently and prevented them from reaching the goal, and we reached their goal as we wanted, and we succeeded in exploiting that and scoring goals, with great respect for the Al Ittihad team. They only need more experience and this is what gave us the advantage.”
He continued: “Mohamed Sharif plays as a 9 striker, and I know that he is a winger and he has played many games, so he will share matches with Marwan and we will see him settle down on Maine, and Muhammad Sharif needs patience and can score more than that in the upcoming matches and we have confidence in Sharif, although he is not his position, while Salah Mohsen It needs expertise ».
Musimani commented on the Sun Downs club’s statement about stopping negotiations with Al-Ahly to buy Sereno, saying: “This is the current situation, we may need an alternative, and it is possible not, but Mohamed Sharif is playing the role that we are looking for and we give him full confidence, but if we find a player with special specifications before the World Cup, why We do not contract with him ».
He explained: “We need to support our ranks by including two players with special specifications, and this is the ideal situation for me. I need players with distinctive characteristics in the absence of Shahat or Afsha because I do not have alternatives. We lost two players because of Corona and they began to recover like Walid Suleiman.”
Regarding his comment on Ibrahim Hassan’s statements, Musimani said: “I respect him, and this is also my opinion. This statement applies to Real Madrid, Barcelona and City.”
He added: “But what I know about football is not this. Otherwise, why did Al-Ahly not win the African Championship during the past seven years? It does not mean that Al-Ahly will win automatically, but we must prepare for each match and work well.”
Musimani: She replaced shahat to preserve it … and Taher is unlucky
Regarding the replacement of Hussein Al-Shahat, despite his entry as a substitute: “He returned from the operation and trained for a short time, with the presence of the coming matches. I went out to protect him, especially since he entered with thanks early after Taher was injured.”
He concluded: “Taher is not lucky and he gets hurt a lot, but he gained confidence and made a big match today before he left.”
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